2018 Women’s 20K Walk World Rankings

December 2018by T&FN

Lupita González went from 2nd in the biggest race of ’17 to 1st in the biggest of ’18. (MARK SHEARMAN)

AFTER 2 STRAIGHT YEARS as the runner-up, Lupita González ascended to the No. 1 position. The Mexican star had a compact 2-race season, but it was enough when she scored a convincing win at the World Team Championships. The WTC race provided the main template for this year’s ordering, the 2-3 finishers there, Shenjie Qieyang and Jiayu Yang, earning spots Nos. 2 & 3 after overall seasons in which each lost more times than she won…

THE EUROPEAN LEADERS, Mária Pérez of Spain and Anežka Drahotová of the Czech Republic, claim the 4 & 5 positions… Yearly list leader Yelena Lashmanova, like several of her quick Russian compatriots, wasn’t considered for a spot after not being cleared for competition outside her home borders… The U.S. has still never had a Top 10er in this event. Maria Michta-Coffey is rated as the best American for the ninth year in a row.

(NOTE: After this copy was written came news that González has been provisionally suspended for a doping violation.)

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